Warren Jeffs' trial sketched in history

Mejo Okon/Special to the Standard-Times
Warren Jeffs at his sentencing on Aug. 09, 2011 at the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo. Jeffs was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. He was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison.

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Warren Jeffs and Special Prosecutor Eric Nichols stand before 51st District Judge Barbara Walther during Jeffs' sexual assault trial in San Angelo.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
Warren Jeffs, prophet of the FLDS church, addresses the court as defense attorney Deric Walpole looks on. Walpole served as Jeffs' standby attorney and only represented Jeffs during the penalty phase of the proceedings.

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Special Prosecutor Eric Nichols, a leader attorney in the FLDS-related cases related to the 2008 raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch, shows photos to the jury during the trial of Warren Jeffs on sex crime charges.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
Warren Jeffs, left, with his attorney Deric Walpole during the first day of jury selection for his trial at the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo. Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child.

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John Schneemann, with the Texas Attorney General's office, takes the stand during the sexual assault trial of Warren Jeffs in San Angelo.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
State Prosecutor Angela Goodwin questions Antoinette Surgeon on the stand during Warren Jeffs trial on two counts of sexual assault of a minor at the Tom Green County Courthouse.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
Warren Jeffs asks JD Roundy to read lengthy passages from Mormon Scripture while Roundy was on the stand. Jeffs called Roundy, a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, as his first and only first defense witness.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
Texas Ranger Nick Hanna sits on the stand during the sexual assault trial of Warren Jeffs in San Angelo. A jury convicted Jeffs on all charges and sentenced him to life plus 20 years in state prison.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
Emily Detoto and Carla Perron, both of Houston, were originally defense attorneys for Warren Jeffs in his sexual assault trial in San Angelo. Jeffs fired his attorneys and decided to represent himself.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
The jury, made up of 10 women and two men, found Jeffs guilty on two counts of sexual assault of a child and sentenced him to life plus 20 years in prison.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
David Boatright, a sergeant with Texas Attorney General's office takes the stand during the sexual assault trial of Warren Jeffs in San Angelo.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
A courtroom drawing of Warren Jeffs during his sexual assault trial at the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
Defense attorneys Gary and Robert Udashen (from left) and Deric Walpole in court during a failed suppression hearing for Warren Jeffs in San Angelo.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
Texas Ranger Aaron Grigsby takes the stand during the sexual assault trial of Warren Jeffs, prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
DNA expert Amy Smuts is questioned on the stand by state attorney Angela Goodwin during the trial of Warren Jeffs in San Angelo.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
Warren Jeffs sit at the defense table in front of 51st District Judge Barbara Walther at the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
Texas Ranger Jesse Valdez on the witness stand during the trial of Warren Jeffs on sexual assault charges in San Angelo.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
John Broadway of the Federal Bureau of Investigation takes the stand during the sexual assault trial of Warren Jeffs at the Tom Green County Courthouse. A jury convicted Jeffs' of two counts of sexual assaulting 12- and 15-year-old girls he had taken as "spiritual" bridges.

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Mejo Okon /Special to the Standard-Times
Warren Jeffs stands before 51st District Judge Barbara Walther. Jeffs decided to represent himself during his sexual assault trial in August.